<p style="text-align: left;" data-start="706" data-end="997">Nour El‑Sherif (born Mohamad Geber Mohamad Abd Allah) was born in Cairo on April 28, 1946, and passed away on August 11, 2015 at age 69 after a battle with illness <span class="relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out">A distinguished Egyptian actor, he began performing in school theatre before graduating top of his class from the High Institute of Artistic Performing Arts in 1967</span>.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" data-start="999" data-end="1243"><span class="relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out">Over his long career, he appeared in more than 170 films, TV series, and stage plays</span> <span class="relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out">His most iconic works include Qasr El Shouk, My Wife and the Dog, Al‑Karnak, The Bus Driver, The Peacock, and TV series</span> </p> <p style="text-align: left;" data-start="1245" data-end="1406"><span class="relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out">He married actress Poussi in 1972 and had two daughters, Sara and Mai. They divorced in 2006 but reunited in late 2014 shortly before his passing</span> <span class="relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out">El‑Sherif won numerous awards, including Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and a Best Actor trophy at the New Delhi Film Festival for The Bus Driver, </span></p>